Bits and Pieces

This is a collection of poems from different scources - entrees from past Poetry Tournaments and sample poems from past tournaments I've hosted or co - hosted.

There are also various musings that I've jotted down at work, in the car, or when I'm bored in my doctor's waiting room.

Some of them are just rants to let off steam, hence the mature theme. I rant about a lot of stupid stuff that annoy me, like telemarketers, and silent letters.

This is a Free Verse sample poem for challenge #Three in the 2011 Spring Poetry Tournament, that I hosted.

Cave Man

Down into the depths of the earthHe inches along like a worm, Through a narrow passage As cold and hard and dark As a faithless lover's heart.

His humble lantern guides the wayUnder dripping daggers of stalactitesThat pierce the fetid air from the roof Above him like a knife through old cheese.Dank pools of untold depthsBar his path and change his courseOf discovery along a different route,Further and further into the unknown.

He can taste the damp and mold That feeds his fear like a bitter pillThat tightens his throat and threatensTo choke him where he stands.He looks around him, lantern highTo get his bearings, to go aheadOr turn back along the route heHas marked with phosphorescent paint.

In a sudden flash of excitementBetter than an illegal chemical high,Better in some ways than even sex He sees what he has been searching for -Etchings, sketchings, drawings of stick men,carrying stick spears, hunting stick animalsTo record a long gone people's way of lifeThat existed well before written language.

He records it all with digital precision,Alone, but not alone in the cloying dark.He has the remnants of an ancient peopleTo keep him company as he works.Elated with this magnificent find, heTurns back along his painted pathTo go home.

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